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Is Shire Oaks Steak Slice ultra-processed?

150 g Steaks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Shire Oaks Steak Slice

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed steaks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Beef 21%, Margarine (Palm Fat, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Emulsifier (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids)), Onion, Modified Maize Starch, Whole Egg, Beef Stock (Beef, Water, Salt, Potato Flakes, Cane Molasses, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Onion, Black Pepper), Barley Yeast Extract, Salt, Onion, Barley Malt Extract, Black Pepper, Bay

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Beef (21%), Margarine (Palm Fat, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Emulsifier: Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Onion, Modified Maize Starch, Pasteurised Whole Egg, Beef Stock (Beef, Water, Salt, Potato Flakes, Cane Molasses, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Onion Powder, Ground Black Pepper), Barley Yeast Extract, Salt, Onion Powder, Barley Malt Extract, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Bay.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 steaks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 19% of the steaks here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 16 steaks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 10631805, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.